Αγγλικά Αρχάριοι - Βιβλίο Μαθητή
7.2 Magnetic fields. 8.1 Getting around. Επιστροφή στην αρχική σελίδα του μαθήματος
Lesson 3

Save the turtle


Task 1

Look at the map on the right. In which part of Greece is this place?

In groups of three, decide why the following are a problem for migrating turtles laying eggs.

beach parties          sun beds          seabirds
tourists                   fishermen
Εικόνα
Source: http://www.archelon.gr/index.php
Task 2
Look at the photographs and decide which pictures show problems and which ones show things that people can do to help the turtles. Add any other ideas you have to help the turtles.

Εικόνα
Task 3
In your group, decide if the pictures are good for a poster to help save the turtles. Why? Why not? 		Εικόνα

What photographs might be better for this project? Decide with your group and find photographs to make people more aware of the problems turtles face. In what ways could we help the turtles? Make a list of your ideas to help save the turtles then read the ideas below to compare your answers.
Task 4
In your group read the information in the leaflet on ‘How you can help'. Decide as a group how you can make a visual to add to a poster for each point in the box to attract people to help the turtles.
• Adopt a sea turtle
• Buy turtle products
• Make a donation of €5 each year
• Become a volunteer to write articles
• Get friends to sponsor a turtle
• Tell friends about the problem
Task 5

Make copies of the sponsor form in Appendix, p. 159 and go round your friends and family and ask them to sponsor a turtle. Use your poster to explain to your friends and family the problems turtles face and the solutions.

Each group then reports back to class how much money they have raised from sponsors.
Self-evaluation

Activity A

Put the verbs in parentheses into the past simple or past continuous.
While we (have)……………………. a physics lesson yesterday, the teacher (tell)……………………. us
that it was Einstein who (invent)……………………. the fridge. We (think)……………………. he
(joke)……………………. and that this was a myth. But then he (show)……………………. us a page from
a web site which (prove)……………………. that this was not a myth but a fact. The site said that Einstein
invented the fridge as he (try)……………………. to help his student Leo Szilard to make some money.
When they (try)……………………. the fridge, there were problems because the gas
(leak)……………………. .
___/5 points  

Activity B

Complete the following sentences with ‘invent' or ‘discover'.
a) Newton ……………… the telescope.
b) No one has ……………… if the Philadelphia Experiment was fact or myth.
c) Alfred Nobel ……………… dynamite in 1866.
d) Max Planck ……………… the quantum nature of energy in 1899.
e) Marconi ……………… how to use electromagnetic waves to send radio signals.
___/5 points  

Activity C

Match the following halves of the dialogues.
i) George used to like History.
ii) Is it true that Newton used to play the violin?
iii) Did you use to live in Berlin?
iv) People didn't use to know much about magnetism.
v) People used to think animals used the stars to
migrate. 		a) They do now, though.
b) No, we know they use magnetism.
c) No, Munich, actually.
d) But now he prefers physics.
e) Yes, and the piano too.
Self-evaluation

Activity D
Complete the following sentences with words from the box. 		migrate
immigrate
emigrate
immigrants
emigrants
a) Thousands of Greeks ………………… went to live in America in the 1960s.
b) There are many ………………… who have come to live in Greece.
c) Many animals and birds ………………… each year in search of food or to lay their eggs.
d) There are different reasons why people ………………… from their country.
e) Some people from other countries have decided to ………………… into Greece in search of work.
___/5 points  
Activity E

Match the pairs of words in the two lists:
i. compass
ii. iron
iii. radio
iv. magnetic
v. turtle 		a) eggs
b) field
c) needle
d) message
e) ore 		Εικόνα
___/2.5 points  
Now tick how well you can do the following:

  With difficulty Quite well Easily
✓ I can read and understand texts related to magnetism
  or two versions of the same incident and find differences
✓ I can listen to and understand scientific talks and stories
✓ I can talk about past situations
✓ I can write a report of an incident using facts